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To Pres Lincoln From RH Milroy April 18 1864

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I have now been out of command
near ten months. I have suffered the great mortification
of being relieved from comd, in front of the enemy at the
most important crisis of the war and being placed in
arrest like a felon.--The first instance since the
organization of the Govt. of a Maj Genl being placed
in arrest with the exhibition of charges against
him. Your Excellency knows that no cause for my harsh
treatment could be ascertained. Rosecrans, McCook,
Crittenden, Ord, and other Maj Genls relieved from Comd
long after I was, but without the ignominy of an arrest,
have been restored to duty. The country believes and has
a right to believe from my treatment that
I am guilty of something that has lost me confidence
of the Govt. and every day I am out of Comd adds strengthen
to this belief and to my wrong . I believe Your Excellency
to possess a high sence of justice. Permit me to ask
you, has not injustice been done me? The comd
of a little Division in the Army of the Potomac which
has got to fight some great battles in the campaign
about to commence , would be some reparation .

Pardon me Mr Presdt . but I have been tried everywhere else
when there seemed to be a hope without success, and I come
back to you to ask Justice again.

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I have now been out of command
near ten months. I have suffered the great mortification
of being relieved from comd, in front of the enemy at the
most important crisis of the war and being placed in
arrest like a felon.--The first instance since the
organization of the Govt. of a Maj Genl being placed
in arrest with the exhibition of charges against
him. Your Excellency knows that no cause for my harsh
treatment could be ascertained. Rosecrans, McCook,
Crittenden, Ord, and other Maj Genls relieved from Comd
long after I was, but without the ignominy of an arrest,
have been restored to duty. The country believes and has
a right to believe from my treatment that
I am guilty of something that has lost me confidence
of the Govt. and every day I am out of Comd adds strengthen
to this belief and to my wrong . I believe Your Excellency
to possess a high sence of justice. Permit me to ask
you, has not injustice been done me? The comd
of a little Division in the Army of the Potomac which
has got to fight some great battles in the campaign
about to commence , would be some reparation .

Pardon me Mr Presdt . but I have been tried everywhere else
when there seemed to be a hope without success, and I come
back to you to ask Justice again.

I have the honor to be

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.